Trump again claims election was 'stolen' in new address to nation, blames China

US President Donald Trump gave a new address to the nation on Thursday, repeating his claims of election fraud and Chinese interference. He announced he would declassify intelligence data that, according to him, shows China illegally obtained information on 220 million US voters. Trump also alleged that in four states, more than 250,000 registered voters are not US citizens.

These statements could provide a basis for Republicans to challenge the results of the upcoming midterm elections in November. Trump again mentioned "stolen elections," referring to his unacknowledged defeat in the 2020 presidential election won by Democrat Joe Biden.

Trump criticized US television networks ABC and NBC for refusing to interrupt their programming to broadcast his address live. He called for revoking their licenses, baselessly claiming they were part of a conspiracy to commit election fraud. "They use our public airwaves worth billions of dollars for free," Trump said.

The president barely touched on issues that might interest voters more, such as the war against Iran and the state of the economy. This was his second official address to the nation this year; the first was on April 1, when he publicly justified the US-Israel military campaign against Iran.